Shire of Wambo

Shire of Wambo
Queensland

Location within Queensland
Population 5,229 (2006 census)[1]
 • Density 0.91581/km2 (2.37194/sq mi)
Established 1879
Area 5,709.7 km2 (2,204.5 sq mi)
Council seat Dalby
Region Darling Downs
Website Shire of Wambo
LGAs around Shire of Wambo:
Chinchilla Chinchilla Kingaroy
Chinchilla Shire of Wambo Nanango, Rosalie
Tara Millmerran Jondaryan

The Shire of Wambo was a local government area in the Darling Downs region of Queensland, Australia. The shire completely surrounded but did not include the town of Dalby — which had its own municipal government. It covered an area of 5,709.7 square kilometres (2,204.5 sq mi), and existed as a local government entity from 1879 until 2008, when it amalgamated with the Town of Dalby and the Shires of Chinchilla, Murilla and Tara and the southern part of Taroom to form the Western Downs Region.

History

Map of Wambo Division and adjacent local government areas, March 1902

Wambo Division was created on 11 November 1879 as one of 74 divisions around Queensland under the Divisional Boards Act 1879 with a population of 1018.[2][3]

On 23 February 1882, there was a realignment of boundaries between Wambo Division and Barambah Division, involving subdivision 3 of Wambo Division and subdivisions 1 and 2 of Barambah Division.[4][5]

With the passage of the Local Authorities Act 1902, Wambo Division became the Shire of Wambo on 31 March 1903.[3][6]

On 15 March 2008, under the Local Government (Reform Implementation) Act 2007 passed by the Parliament of Queensland on 10 August 2007, the Shire of Wambo merged with the Town of Dalby and the Shires of Chinchilla, Murilla and Tara and Division 2 of the Shire of Taroom (the Wandoan area) to form the Western Downs Region.[6][7]

Towns and localities

The Shire of Wambo included the following settlements:

Towns:

Localities:

  • Cooranga
  • Ducklo
  • Irvingdale
  • Kumbarilla
  • Macalister
  • Mowbullan
  • Nandi
  • Pirrinuan
  • Rangemore
  • St. Ruth
  • Tuckerang

Chairmen

Population

Year Population
1921 4,908
1933 5,208
1947 6,046
1954 6,976
1961 6,893
1966 6,452
1971 5,659
1976 5,423
1981 5,511
1986 5,497
1991 5,184
1996 5,205
2001 5,102
2006 5,229

References

  1. ↑ Australian Bureau of Statistics (25 October 2007). "Wambo (S) (Local Government Area)". 2006 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 15 June 2011.
  2. ↑ "Proclamation [Wambo Division]". Queensland Government Gazette. 11 November 1879. p. 25:997.
  3. 1 2 "Agency ID11214, Wambo Divisional Board". Queensland State Archives. Retrieved 21 September 2013.
  4. ↑ "Proclamation [Wambo Division amendment]". Queensland Government Gazette. 25 February 1882. p. 30:426-427.
  5. ↑ "Proclamation [Barambah Division amendment]". Queensland Government Gazette. 25 February 1882. p. 30:427-428.
  6. 1 2 "Agency ID1929, Wambo Shire Council". Queensland State Archives. Retrieved 21 September 2013.
  7. ↑ "Agency ID11044, Western Downs Regional Council". Queensland State Archives. Retrieved 21 September 2013.
  8. ↑ Pugh, Theophilus Parsons (1927). Pugh's Almanac for 1927. Retrieved 13 June 2014.

Coordinates: 27°11′00″S 151°15′43″E / 27.18333°S 151.26194°E / -27.18333; 151.26194

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